Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

H. F. BOLTON & T. DRAKE.

CLOTHES DRIER. No. 348,882. Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

.dttorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. BOLTON AND THEODORE DRAKE, OF DOW CITY, IOWA.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,882, datedSeptember 7, 1886.

Application filed April 1, 1886. Serial No. 197,457.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY F. BoLToN and THEODORE DRAKE, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Dow City, in the county ofCrawford and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Olothes-Driers; and we do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Our invention relates to clothesdriers; and consists in the improvementshereinafter described and set forth, whereby a drier is provided thatmay be readily adjusted for use upon a wall and quickly removedtherefrom when necessary.

In the accompanying drawiugs,forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view of a clothes-drier, and Fig. 2 a plan view ofthe construction shown in Fig. 1.

A represents two wooden plates, which are secured to the wall in ahorizontal position, as illustrated,and each of which has near its outerend, on its upper and lower sides, metallic ears or brackets ca. Theupper bracket,a, is provided with a perforation, while the lower ear hasa key-slot, b.

B refers to a rack-bar which is secured upon each of the plates A A, andhas its teeth inclined in the direction of the outer end of each plate.

0 refers to a bar which terminates at one end in an angular portion, 0,provided on its upper side with a pin, (1, while its lower portion isprovided with a headed pin, 6. The

bracket or cars ff are secured to the arm, as shown most clearly inFig.1, to form a pivot (No model.)

bearing for the arm D, the end of which is bev eled, so as to engage andbear against the teeth of the rack B.

In operation, the line or lines E being secured to the bars 0, the pin(1 of each bar D is inserted in the perforation in the bracket a, andthe lower headed pin 0 is passed into the slot I) in the plate a, andthen, by spreading the bars O O, the lines E are drawn perfectly taut,in which adjusted posit-ion they are rig idly held by causing the arms Dto engage the teeth of the respective rack-bars B. XVhen not in use, thebars 0, together with the lines E and arms D, may all be removed fromthe plates A, which latter, by reason of thehoohs g, may be readilyutilized for clothes-hangers.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be noted that a continuous line is used,which is passed or laced in the bars 0. By this means it will only benecessary to draw on one end of the line until the approximate length issecured, after which the bars C may be spread to rigidly draw the same.

It will be obvious that the device is extremely simple, cheap, andserviceable.

\Ve claim- I11 a clothes-drier, the plates A A, having rack-bars B B andbrackets a a attached thereto, in combination, with the pivoted remowable bars 0 and bars D D, carried thereby, so as to engage with therack-bar,and lines E, attached to each of the arms 0, substantially asshown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY F. BOLTON. THEODORE DRAKE.

lVitnesses:

ABEL H. RUDD, LYMAN B. HIGLY.

